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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I-I. MCEVOY, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM BENJAMIN, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

HOOK AND EYE FOR LADIES DRESSES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 6,329, dated April 17, 1849.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HENRY McEvoy, ofBirmingham, in the county of Warwick, in the Kingdom of England,machinist, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, have invented anImprovedFastening for Dresses;

vand I do hereby declare that the Jfollowing is a full and exactdescription of my said invention.

My invention of an improved fastening tor dresses refers to that kind ofmetal attachment generally known as hook and eye fastenings and consistsprincipally in a peculiar construction of hook, which when the tonguethereof has been passed into the eye shall cause that edge ot the dresstol which the hook is connected to lap over the eye (and consequentlythat edge to which the eye is connected) and thus efectually to closethe opening in the dress. This lapping of the edges is etected byforming the tongue in about the middle ot' the hook instead ot at itseXtreme end as hitherto by which means a projecting flat part of thehook is brought to the edge of the dress and thus necessitates theproper lapping of the hooking edge over that edge of the dress whichcarries the eyes sutlicient to make a close and sure connection of theparts when the eye abuts against the root of the tongue of the hook.

In the accompanying drawing the improved construction of hook is shownat Figure l, and Fig. 2 shows the kind of eye suitable for being used inconnection with the hook.

The hook is formed by cutting it out with a suitably shaped die fromsheet metal the tongue being struck up as shown simultaneously with theforming of the outline and eyelet holes ot the hook. The eye is alsostamped out of sheet metal in a similar manner. These tastenings areattached to dresses by means of tubular rivets as ordinarily practisedin making metal eyelet holes. The mode of attachment which I prefer(inasmuch as rigidity is given to the edges of the dress and thereby anyaccidental opening of the dress by the hooks coming undone singly isprevented) is also shown in the drawing wherein Fig. A rep resents theinside appearance and Fig. B the outside of the dress. Two lines ofstitching (marked 1 and 2) pass from the top to the bottom, that marked1 belng stitched through and through in a line with the holes in thehooks nearest the edge of the dress, (see Fig. A) the holes attording anopportunity of continuing the stitching in an unbroken line.

The line of stitching marked 2 is worked from the outside only and madeto pass through the linen web upon which the hooks are fixed, the needlereadily passing the backs ot the hooks. The two lines of stitching thusdescribed form two spaces into which very thin and narrow whalebone isintroduced (marked 3 and 4). The whalebone (marked 3) forming the edgeof the dress is introduced on that side of the holes which is nearestthe wearer (see F ig. A) whilst the other (marked-4) is intro duced fromthe outside of the dress and passes at the back of the linen web.

It will be perceived from the above that the outer ends of the hooks liebetween the two whalebones (see Fig. C). The edge of the linen web(marked D) is sewn tothe lining only.

A careful reference to Fig. E (showing the inside appearance of a partofa dress) will be sufficient to guide the dress maker in attaching theeyes. It may however be stated that the web to which the eyes are iXedis attached to the inside of the dress the eyes lying between the weband the dress. The edge of the web nearest the eyes being brought in aline with the edge of the dress they are sewn together by a stout lineof stitching the other edge of the web being sewn to the lining only,the bows of the eyes are the only parts projecting.

Having now described my invention of an improved fastening for dressesand the mode of carrying the same into use I wish itI to be understoodthat I lay no claim to the inode herein shown of applying the hooks andeyes to garments as they may be applied by sewing it preferred and thestrips of whalebone may be dispensed with when thought desirable but Iclaim- The constructing of hooks with a projecting piece beyond the rootof the tongue for the purpose above explained.

HENRY MCEVOY' Witnesses:

WILLIAM TROBERT, J. M. G, UNDERHILL.

